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Close-up photo of offerings arranged before an ornate gold-toned metal shrine backdrop with repoussé floral scrollwork. In the foreground, a large green banana leaf holds a heap of round brown laddus studded with nuts and seeds. Behind them, a brass tray holds a mound of puffed-rice balls topped with a larger pile of the same rice mixture. A striped brown-and-gold cloth lies to the right, with a small bowl of yellow and pink flower petals and a hanging garland of pink and yellow flowers at the top. No people are visible.

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December 19 2022 sripuram2022-12-19Overhead photo of sweets arranged on a bright red and gold patterned cloth. In the foreground, a brass bowl with a scalloped, pierced rim holds brittle clusters of puffed grain and pulses bound with golden jaggery. Another pierced brass bowl at right holds several round, brown, rustic laddus. At the top, a pierced bowl holds rice-puff balls coated in golden syrup, and a dark metal vessel sits at the upper right corner. No people are visible.Close overhead photo of offerings arranged on a low table draped in beige cloth, with a red cloth below. Round brass bowls hold round laddu-style balls, one coated in golden-brown powder and one lighter-coloured with a sprinkled crust; another bowl holds split yellow and brown lentils or chana dal. A blue-rimmed plate of raw peanuts sits at the right edge, and palm leaves appear at the top. No people are visible.2025-12-30December 19 2022 sripuram2022-12-19Close photo of a silver tray heaped with golden-brown round sweets. A hand in the lower right rests on the tray's rim, and a white-clad sleeve with a rudraksha mala hanging at the left edge. Water or a liquid pours down from a metal vessel at the top, and a blurred background shows an orange-clad figure.2013-11-02Overhead photo of three round blue ceramic bowls on a red velvet cloth, filled with spherical sweets or laddus. The left bowl holds pale grey-beige balls studded with small white seeds or grains. The top bowl holds brown balls with visible nuts or grains and a few pale pieces. The bottom bowl holds golden-brown balls made of peanuts or chickpeas in a caramelised coating. A fourth bowl is partly visible at the right edge. No people, deities or a person are visible.Close-up photo of two metal bowls of sweets on a red velvet cloth. The front bowl holds round sesame-coated balls, golden-brown with seeds visible on the outside. The bowl behind holds caramel-coated clusters of puffed grains or nuts. No people, deities or ritual activity are visible; the scene shows offering sweets, possibly prasadam, set out for a celebration.2022-12-19Close view of round sweet balls. The balls are dusted with coarse grain or crumbs, and a second plate of darker brown balls sits at the right edge. Background shows a warm, blurred temple setting with a wooden ritual arrangement. Caption reads Nithyanandeshwara Paramashiva Devalayam, Adi KAILASA, Chandi Homa - Vishesh Dravya Homa, marking these as offering materials for a homa. No people are visible.2021-11-04A close-up photo of a brass plate holding a cone-shaped sweet made of puffed rice or grain bound with sugar, surrounded by round sweet balls and pieces of brittle nut or jaggery confection. No people are visible; the food offerings are arranged for a ritual presentation.2021-12-28A close-up photograph of food offerings on a red patterned cloth. In the foreground are round puffed-rice balls coated in golden syrup, with a brown ladoo-like ball behind them, all heaped in a perforated brass bowl. To the right are thin, pale, pressed flatbreads stacked beside a dark teal metal bowl on a brass plate. No people, deities or ritual fire are visible.Close-up photo of sweets served in two perforated copper bowls lined with green banana leaves. The top bowl holds clusters of chickpea or roasted gram bound with amber jaggery syrup, some with flakes of coconut. The bottom bowl holds peanut and jaggery balls with bits of coconut. The sweets are glossy and tightly packed, with no people visible.Overhead photo of sweets and snacks arranged on a deep red velvet cloth. Brass bowls with perforated rims hold round laddus in yellow, cream, grey and brown tones, and a heap of pale spiral snack. Blue ceramic bowls contain more laddus in brown, grey, cream and golden shades, and a blue bowl holds puffed rice-type balls. No people or deity visible; the arrangement looks like food offerings laid out for a ritual.